Black Chalk US Launch

Here’s a little photo gallery of my book launch party at University Settlement (Lower East Side, New York), April 1. A massive thank you to everyone who provided photos: David Boyle, Larissa Beniaminova (the pro in the room, check her out here), Ted Conklin and Stefanie Cohen. And, of course, to all who came.

The guests begin arriving

Making Pimms for a crowd

The signing table, pregnant with paperbacks

Wife, Margi, and her swimming coach Ellis; see below to read their story

Cousin Ryan and mother-in-law Sue

A brief speech (the storm before the calm)

The terrifying author reading…

…for which I recommend PRECISELY three glasses of wine

And the signing begins

Oi! Stop signing my book, this isn’t ‘Before Midnight’

The party underway (I’m still signing books)

Unpinned from the signing table, my Michael Stipe moment

This is how my wife looks at me every second of every day

With the multi-talented, multi-wonderful Royal Young (check out his memoir ‘Fame Shark’, link below)

Kirsten wants to be adopted by Anahita and Alex (fashion and football; you’ll never guess which one is which)

Ellis again with my fiercely and lovingly supportive mother-and-father-in-law, Ted and Sue Conklin